You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 88 Mr. Qin’s speech (two in one)

Qin Shaoyan doesn't care what the big guys think. He has nothing else in mind. He only thinks about how to lead his domestic gaming peers to a win-win situation.

We are just clean in our hearts, nothing else, we just pretend to be colleagues.

He was having fun playing lottery with the audience when a familiar figure appeared in the crowd next to him and waved to Qin Shaoyan.

Hey, isn't this my Brother Chen?
Qin Shaoyan immediately handed the trumpet to Teacher Hong and asked him to preside over the lottery. He jumped off the table and got out of the crowd.

"Brother Chen." Qin Shaoyan greeted warmly but shyly.

Chen Peng said helplessly and amusingly: "You have made quite a big splash."

Qin Shaoyan immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, Brother Chen. I didn't expect to be so popular. I caused you trouble."

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Chen Peng coughed, "You must address your duties when working."

"Okay, Director Chen." Qin Shaoyan followed suit.

"Didn't you say you are from the American V agency?" Chen Peng pointed at the banner and asked, "Why did you become a domestic company again?"

"Oh, I used to work for V Agency and returned to China to open a game company." Qin Shaoyan immediately said sincerely, "We and V Agency are strategic partners, and they entrusted us to come over to help participate in the exhibition. Please see the letter of entrustment. "

Chen Peng nodded and asked: "Is this Plants vs. Zombies made by a domestic company?"

"Yes, this game was developed by my domestic company and handed over to V Agency for distribution in North America." Qin Shaoyan also took out a copy of the company's business license and a copy of the US copyright document from his pocket.

Huh? Have you prepared all the materials? !
You came prepared.

Chen Peng couldn't help but deepen his affection for Qin Shaoyan, "Can I take this with me?"

"This is for Brother Chen." Qin Shaoyan added, "Do you think there is anything missing?"

"No, this is enough."

Qin Shaoyan suddenly asked, "Director Chen, I think industry representatives have been arranged to come on stage. Can you let me go too?"

Chen Peng frowned and looked at Qin Shaoyan hesitantly, "Mr. Qin, what are you going to say?"

"Go up and talk about the overseas release of domestic games." Qin Shaoyan said sincerely, "This time we have some experience in publishing the game in North America. I hope it can be helpful to other colleagues."

Is the game going overseas?

Chen Peng's eyes lit up, and then he looked at Qin Shaoyan, but did not reply.

He put away his things, patted Qin Shaoyan on the shoulder, and said before leaving, "Please read the text messages on your phone."

Seeing Chen Peng leave in a hurry, Qin Shaoyan knew that he must have gone to report to his leader.

Qin Shaoyan turned around and was about to go back to host the lottery when Cao Bo quickly came up and pulled him diligently.

"Hey, Mr. Qin, as you are, don't do the work yourself. Come and sit down. You've been busy all morning." Cao Bo turned to his employees and told his employees, "Hurry up and help Mr. Qin."

This Mr. Qin is both capable and well-connected. He is really a big deal.

Cao Bo didn't even care about his own stall, and devoted himself to helping Mr. Qin.

He knew in his heart that with Mr. Qin here, the whole place except those big companies would be basically a backdrop.

He was so close that he got the benefit of the doubt. Didn't he look at the jealousy in the eyes of his peers at other booths?

Qin Shaoyan was chatting with Cao Bo about some interesting things about V agency while waiting for Chen Peng's call.

After more than ten minutes, Qin Shaoyan was about to get up and organize the program again, but before it started, he saw Chen Peng again.

Chen Peng's face was solemn this time, and he quickly walked over and grabbed Qin Shaoyan's arm, "Mr. Qin, come with me quickly."

Qin Shaoyan felt happy, knowing that it was almost done, he promised and hurriedly followed.

"Mr. Qin, you will go on stage to say a few words later, and you should prepare yourself first." Chen Peng warned as he walked, "If you don't know what to say, I will write a few words for you."

"Okay." Qin Shaoyan showed an expression of excitement and joy, "Thank you, Brother Chen."

Chen Peng didn't take credit, he just waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me, your company's performance is so impressive, I will ask you to come up and talk about it even if I don't mention the boss."

"Then I have to thank Brother Chen for giving me this opportunity to participate in the exhibition." Qin Shaoyan thanked him again.

Chen Peng stopped at this time and looked at Qin Shaoyan seriously, "Mr. Qin, when you go up to give a speech, you should pay attention to the scale and propriety, and don't speak in a loose manner."

"Brother Chen, don't worry." Qin Shaoyan immediately patted his chest and said, "I am a domestic company, and I hope to work in the game industry in the future."

"Besides, my family is still here."

Now Chen Peng breathed a sigh of relief and stopped mentioning helping Qin Shaoyan write lyrics.

The two came to the podium and stood there waiting to be called up.

After a few minutes, the host began to string together words.

"In 2003, China's gaming industry was booming. In addition to online games, stand-alone games were also producing excellent titles frequently. Some of these stand-alone games have traveled across the ocean and achieved impressive results in the United States."

"Now we invite Mr. Qin Shaoyan, President of Sentinel Technology Co., Ltd., to take the stage!"

There was warm applause at the scene. Qin Shaoyan rushed onto the stage with a red face, ran to the host and took the microphone.

"Hello everyone, I am the president of Sentinel Technology, and my name is Qin Shaoyan."

"Qin is Qin Shihuang's Qin, and Shaoyan is Shaoyan who is less talkative and less talkative." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "I am a bit poor at words, so what I said was wrong. Please be patient."

Chen Peng sneered, you don't act like a man of few words.

"I grew up playing domestic stand-alone games." Qin Shaoyan suddenly sighed, "There were no Internet cafes at that time, they were all places called computer rooms."

"Hidden in a residential area, a dozen computers form a local area network, and they are sneaked in every day."

"I first came into contact with foreign stand-alone games, such as Delta, Red Alert, and StarCraft."

"Later, I gradually started to like our domestic stand-alone games, such as Fairy Sword, Swordsman Love, Bloody Battle on the Beach, and Legend of Heroes."

"Of course, all I played at that time were pirated games." Qin Shaoyan added, "Because I didn't have a computer or money at that time, and I didn't even know what piracy was."

"My hometown is an eighteenth-tier city in Northeast China, where pirated games are harder to find than pirated tapes, let alone genuine ones."

There was a burst of laughter from the audience. Most of the audience here were playing pirated games.

After all, genuine copies are too expensive. They don’t even have their own computers, let alone buy games. They all go to Internet cafes to play.

As for Internet cafes, even the operating systems are pirated.

Qin Shaoyan suddenly straightened his expression and said seriously: "The domestic game industry started on the PC side, and the domestic game industry has been rooted in the PC since its birth."

"At that time, domestic computers were still very expensive luxuries and were very rare. Therefore, the domestic game industry faced a difficult environment since its birth."

"With the development of the Internet in recent years, computer sales have soared, and the number of Internet users has also increased year by year. However, the difficult years of the game industry are worth remembering forever." "Thank you to those seniors who pioneered the domestic game industry. Thank you for creating the domestic game industry. , thank you for designing such a fun game.”

There was silence in the audience, and even people from other game companies were quiet, listening to Qin Shaoyan's speech.

Qin Shaoyan paused and his voice started to sound a little low. "Last year, someone told me that stand-alone games are no longer viable. You should switch to online games. You can still survive this way. You can't survive by playing stand-alone games."

"I know this is my friend's good intention, but I still feel unwilling to do so."

"Are domestic stand-alone games really dead? I don't know." Qin Shaoyan looked at the audience and said word by word, "I only know that if everyone thinks so, then stand-alone games are really dead."

"I know it's hard to survive in stand-alone games. Nowadays, you can't sell much if you make a genuine stand-alone game, and you can't even recover the cost."

"This is no one's fault, you were just born at the wrong time."

"When I was at V, Half-Life producer Gabe Newell told me that every single-player game producer in China is respectable." Qin Shaoyan choked up for a moment, "And in my opinion, You are heroes."

"It was the pioneers of stand-alone games who spread the seeds of fire that led to the current development of the game industry. Stand-alone games have cultivated a large number of talents for online games."

The other colleagues in the audience were touched for a moment when they heard Qin Shaoyan's words, and their eyes gradually turned red.

If it wasn't for love, why would they join this industry?

Many of them have personally experienced the changes in the game industry. From birth to development to decline, they have all shed sweat and tears for the game.

Suddenly, Qin Shaoyan on the stage raised the trophy in his hand, "When I received this trophy at the American Golden Keyboard Award Ceremony, the first thought in my mind was that this trophy was not awarded to me. Human.”

"It is awarded to every single-player game producer in China."

Qin Shaoyan raised the trophy high and said loudly: "This should be your honor."

A burst of warm applause suddenly erupted from the audience, and all the audience and other colleagues applauded Qin Shaoyan from the bottom of their hearts.

Especially his colleagues, who stood proudly for a moment.

Whether a domestic stand-alone game wins a prize or a trophy is awarded by an American, they are all honored.

What Mr. Qin said was great, this is a trophy for all of us.

Some people say that they have never heard of the Golden Keyboard Award.

Well, that's not the point.

All you need to know is that it's awesome. If you don't know, that's because you are ignorant.

Qin Shaoyan slowly put down the trophy and suddenly smiled, "This trophy is quite heavy. I'm sorry, I was a little off topic just now."

There was a burst of good-natured laughter from the audience.

"I know that domestic stand-alone games are really difficult." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "When I was making Plants vs. Zombies, I was thinking about how to recoup the cost. No matter how much, I can earn back the funds for the next project. I didn't dare to think about more. "

"Actually, many people were not optimistic about this project at the beginning, and I was almost desperate at that time."

“Then one day I was thinking, it’s going to be a hit no matter where you go, why not try it in the American market?”

"You must know that the U.S. market is much larger than the domestic market. For example, in 2001, the domestic game market sales were only 5 million yuan, while the total sales of game consoles, software and peripherals in the United States were 65 billion U.S. dollars."

"But going overseas is not just a matter of words. We have to face many, many problems." Qin Shaoyan raised his finger, "such as localization translation issues, how to find publishers, how to apply for US copyright, how to bargain, and legal issues."

"Of course the most important issue is travel expenses. Air tickets are too expensive."

Qin Shaoyan smiled, and then said with a sincere and serious face: "I would like to express my special thanks to the relevant leaders of the publishing department. The leaders have given strong support to our plan to take the game overseas."

"Without the care and guidance of our leaders, our overseas plan might have died."

"In the end, we overcame a series of difficulties and finally successfully opened the North American market and achieved amazing results."

"Including DLC, the game sells for US$15." Qin Shaoyan gestured with a finger, "In the first month, sales exceeded two million sets, and in less than three months it reached five million sets. As of 04 On January 1, 1, sales exceeded 1100 million units.”

The whole audience was amazed, even though they had just heard the figure of 1100 million units, they were not very surprised.

But now with the price of $15, everyone is even more shocked.

That’s 160 million U.S. dollars. When converted into RMB, that’s 1.3 billion.

In 2003, the revenue of the entire online game market was only 13.8 billion. Your single-player game sales have caught up with the national game industry.

Thinking of this, the leaders of other departments couldn't help but look at the edition department.

The leaders of the edition office were expressionless, looking at their noses and their hearts, and they remained motionless without any reaction.

Okay, you guys are really good at hiding this.

It made big news without making any noise.

"It is a bold attempt for our game to go overseas. I originally hoped to give our domestic colleagues more experience." Qin Shaoyan said with emotion, "I am very glad that we succeeded. This success may be able to find a way out for stand-alone games."

"Single-player games and online games complement each other, and the two types are indispensable for mutual promotion."

"Without the accumulation of stand-alone games, there would be no explosion of online games. Without innovation in the engine of stand-alone games, there would be no exquisite picture quality of online games."

"When I was at V Club, I worked with the inventor of BT download technology to develop an online gaming platform, and I realized one thing." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "With the development of infrastructure and hardware, network speeds are getting faster and faster. , online stand-alone games have become inevitable, and stand-alone online games are likely to occur.”

“So, stand-alone and online games are inseparable.”

"With the progress of the times, I believe that stand-alone games will regain their vitality in the fertile soil of China."

"Finally, I have something to say to you."

"I hope that everyone will not forget their original intentions and move forward."

"There is a time to ride the wind and waves, and hang sails directly to help the sea."

"Always remember, there will be reverberations!"

"I hope that when you set sail on the sea, you will be like me and open up a new world in a distant land."

"Thank you everyone." Qin Shaoyan put down the microphone, picked up the trophy, and slowly walked off the podium.

A burst of warm applause and cheers broke out at the scene. Everyone automatically parted ways and looked at Qin Shaoyan with excitement, as if looking at an idol.

Chen Peng stepped forward and said with emotion: "Mr. Qin, you chose this name well."

You call this being reticent?

"It's just that the atmosphere has arrived." Qin Shaoyan said shyly, "I felt it."

Chen Peng nodded, "Go back and prepare. The leader will see you tomorrow."

　Happy New Year to everyone, I will give you an extra update, two in one, and send it together
　　
　
(End of this chapter)